Grand Slam (professional wrestling)

The Grand Slam is an accomplishment recognized by various professional wrestling promotions in the United States and Japan.

[a] Promotions that recognize this include WWE (since 1997), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (since 2009), Ring of Honor (since 2018), and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (since 2021).

In WWE (formerly WWF), the term "Grand Slam" was originally used by Shawn Michaels to describe himself upon winning the European Championship on September 20, 1997.

Kane, who had defeated Triple H for the Intercontinental Championship at Judgment Day on May 20, 2001,[2] was acknowledged as a Grand Slam winner as he had "become the only superstar in World Wrestling Federation history that has held the Intercontinental title as well as the Hardcore, Tag Team and WWF titles".

[5] In August 2007, WWE.com published an article listing Shawn Michaels' championship reigns that completed the Grand Slam.

Booker T became the second star acquired by the purchase to complete the Grand Slam when he defeated Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash in July 2006.

[10] Seth Rollins would become the second two-time Grand Slam Champion by winning the WWE United States Championship a second time in October 2022.

Edge and Kurt Angle held the title when it was the WCW United States Championship.

Eddie Guerrero’s first reign does not count as a result of this rule, since it took place in WCW.

Christopher Daniels was the first wrestler to achieve this feat, doing so at the ROH 16th Anniversary Show, when he won the Six-Man titles to complete the Grand Slam.

Jay White was the first to achieve this feat, completing the circuit on May 3, 2021 at Wrestling Dontaku 2021.

The notion of "grand slam" was first officially mentioned on May 5, 2022, when Mayu Iwatani became the second wrestler in the company to achieve the feat, after Io Shirai.